For five whole days, Ji Yuan and the others did not leave the hut, all their minds were immersed in the alchemy path.
Fortunately, the three of them are monks, so it won't be a big deal if they don't eat or drink for a few days. At most, they will only lose some vitality.
Not to mention that Xinxuan has already prepared the Bigu Pill. Just taking one pill can satisfy the vitality needed by a first-level monk for a whole day.
In the past few days, Zhao Yuebai and Jiang He have also begun to refine batches of elixirs with their own hands. According to Ji Yuan's words, just remember a rough idea and the rest must rely on practice again and again.
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Anyway, with the large amount of medicinal materials provided by Mingyue Xuan, there is no need for the two of them to practice without anything, so they can quickly accumulate experience.
Among the four paths of elixirs, talismans, formations, and weapons, except for formations, the other three paths need to be taught by famous teachers and a large number of inherited classics. The rest is a process where practice makes perfect.
Just like a saying in Confucianism: "Read it a thousand times and you will see its meaning."
As for the elixirs that were lost due to the joint effort, Ji Yuan made up for them all by himself.
His self-improved elixir recipe has the same or even better effect, but the consumption of medicinal materials and the amount of elixirs produced have been significantly improved.
Based on the elixir prescription provided by Mingyue Xuan, if the alchemist's attainment is acceptable, he can refine five to seven healing elixirs in one furnace. Only those with higher attainments can refine eight or nine elixirs in one furnace.
His improved elixir recipe only requires 50% of the same materials to refine elixirs with the same efficacy. An ordinary alchemist can make eleven or twelve elixirs in one batch.
If it were refined by Ji Yuan himself, there could be as many as fifteen pills in one batch!
In this way, the amount of elixirs he refined alone was enough to make up for the medicinal materials consumed by Zhao Yuebai and Jiang He during their training, and there was even a lot left over.
On the eighteenth day after the disaster ended and the county town fell into chaos, a team that set out from the county town and arrived belatedly after spending several days finally arrived at Qianyu City.
This team was composed of officers and soldiers from the county, headed by officials serving in the county governor's house, and temporarily took over the large and small affairs of Qianyu City.
Liu Hongsheng, who had been anxious all day long, was immediately thrown into jail in the county. After the incident here was over, he would be escorted back to the county to be questioned by the court.
Also in the evening of that day, a group of teams from various forces in the county and city slowly arrived carrying huge supplies.
It's funny to say that the various forces in these counties and cities have actually prepared the corresponding personnel and materials long ago. However, before the people from the county governor's office arrived, they did not dare to take any action in advance.
Otherwise, he would make the county governor unhappy. Although he would not be unable to stay in Luoxia County, his situation would not be that good.
The twists and turns here are both simple and clear at a glance, but also complex beyond words.
That night, in the courtyard behind Mingyue Xuan.
Even though it was already night, there were still many workers busy, sorting out the materials transported into the city one by one, so that they could save some effort tomorrow.
Liu Ruyan has been busy all day, but she is still watching the progress in the courtyard at this time. It is a major issue related to the collapse of the boss's family, and it is also the key to whether the Qian family can get more breathing time. Naturally, there must be no carelessness.
Seeing that everything was gradually being prepared, she had time to take the cup from the maid's hand, but the tea in it had been cold for a long time.
As soon as she swallowed her tea, she saw the door of a small room open in the corner of the backyard, and an old man with gray hair walked out.
When Liu Ruyan saw this, he immediately put down the tea cup in his hand, walked quickly to the old man, and said hello with respect.
This old man's name is Cui Long, and he is an alchemist who has cooperated with the Qian family for decades. Although he is only in the middle stage of enlightenment, his alchemy attainments are enough to make him somewhat famous even in the county.
"Mr. Cui has worked hard these days."
Liu Ruyan had a smile on her face and tried to sound concerned.
Just the look
Although she was respectful, she was still dissatisfied in her heart. If it weren't for the identity of the other party's alchemy master, and the current situation of the Qian family was really bad, she would even wish that the old man's life span would soon run out.
In fact, when the other party was young, he received a lot of benefits and cultivation from the Qian family. Over the past decades, he also relied on his boss's reputation, and he had just established a family business and reputation in the county.
But when the Qian family was in trouble, it would have been better if Cui Long had directly switched to another family. However, he said he cared about his kindness, but in fact he was eyeing his employer's property and the current head of the family, Qian Nishang.
On the surface, he is full of benevolence and morality, but in his heart, he is full of dirty things. He doesn't know that the heaven and earth are high and he wants his employer to marry his son!
Liu Ruyan kept smiling, but the cursing in her heart never stopped.
"A new alchemist has arrived?"
Cui Long nodded, and then looked to the other side of the backyard.
Whether it was the firelight on the window of that room or the fragrance of alchemy in the air, it all proved that the Qian family had found two more alchemists.
But in his opinion, these two people are just apprentices at most. I am afraid that they have been exposed to alchemy for less than half a year. There is more than half of the burnt smell in a wisp of alchemy. It is estimated that even if this furnace is successful, the effect of the medicine will not be full.
People's will.
"Now is a critical moment for the Qian family. No matter how short of manpower it is, I just have to work harder. How can we let such an apprentice sneak in?"
Cui Long looked unkind and said, "Nishang Doll is a little too wild. This is her chance to break through!"
Hearing this, Liu Ruyan smiled slightly and quickly explained the hidden meaning to calm the old man's anger.
But in this heart, vulgar words have begun to appear.
If she didn't want to take the overall situation into consideration, she wanted to ridicule the other party. How dare she think of herself as an elder of the Qian family just because of her old face?
He actually didn't even call him boss, but just called the head of the Qian family by name?
"In a small third-class county town, there may be any alchemists, but they are just people seeking fame and reputation."
Cui Long shook his head. If he didn't know it, but judging from his manner, he really looked like a senior.
At this moment, the door of another hut was also opened, and a young man and woman walked out together.
The man's name is Wu Shan and the woman's name is Feng Xiaoxiao. They are only in their early twenties, but they are already famous alchemists in the county and they studied under a master of alchemy.
As soon as the man and woman walked out of the hut, they saw the old man not far away and almost couldn't help but turn around and go back to the house.
They really didn't have a good impression of Cui Long, and were even filled with disgust in their hearts. His deeds had already spread throughout the county.
"Shopkeeper Liu, Senior Cui!"
After hesitating for a moment, the two of them took a few steps forward, cupping their fists and cupping their hands.
After meeting the two of them, the smile on Liu Ruyan's face immediately became more sincere, and she started talking to each other enthusiastically.
Compared to Cui Long, Wu Shan and Feng Xiaoxiao really wanted to help the Qian family, and they were also very good friends with their boss Qian Nichang.
"My boss is so lucky to have found two more alchemists."
Feng Xiaoxiao glanced at the room reflected in the firelight, and a smile appeared on his face.
Wu Shan on the side also nodded. They would be happy from the bottom of their hearts if anything was beneficial to the Qian family.
However, Cui Long next to him would not be like this anymore. He wished that the Qian family would decline so that he could have a chance to plan for the rest of his property. He might even give his son a chance to return home with a beautiful woman.
"He's just a guy who's just trying to gain fame. He's from a small third-class county town. How can he really be an alchemist?"
He snorted coldly, looking very dissatisfied with Qian Nishang's decision.
Seeing this scene, Liu Ruyan couldn't help but murmur in her heart, it's a good thing that it didn't reach other people's ears, otherwise a second-level monk who walked out from the opposite side would be enough for this old guy to drink a pot.
At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder, if Cui Long knew that the person opposite was not only a highly accomplished alchemist, but also a special-class alchemist given by his employer.
Will the enshrinement position make your beard stand up in anger?
Just as she was thinking to herself, she suddenly saw her boss, Qian Nichang, the current head of the Qian family, appearing in the backyard with an excited look on her face.
Seeing this, the four people gathered here hurried forward to greet him, but Qian Nichang was not thinking about it. After saying a few polite words, they hurried outside a small room.
She reached out and knocked gently on the door. After announcing her identity, she stood quietly outside the house and waited. While her face was excited, there was always a smile on the corner of her mouth.
Within a moment, the door was opened, and Ji Yuan walked out holding a long sword. Fifth senior brother Guo Tao, who was guarding the door, immediately stood behind him.
"My boss came to visit me in the middle of the night, probably because of this."
He had already expected it, and after seeing Qian Nishang's expression, he naturally would not show any surprise.
While Ji Yuan was talking, he also took out a few pieces of paper full of words from his sleeve robe, and what was recorded on them was the elixir he had improved himself.
There is not only one type of healing elixir, but also two elixir recipes with different effects.
First, it can be put into water to purify the water quality and can be drank directly without boiling. It also contains abundant vitality and can make up for some deficiencies in the body.
The second one is said to be an elixir, but in fact it is an ointment that works wonders when applied externally to a wound. It not only prevents the wound from deteriorating and festering, but also speeds up its healing.
Ji Yuan has refined a lot of these two kinds of elixirs and ointments in recent days and handed them over to Ming Xinxuan's guys for verification. The final effect is indeed very good.
The most important thing is that the refining techniques of these things are not very complicated, and the cost of the medicinal herbs used is also very low. There are quite a lot of materials prepared by Ming Xinxuan this time.
At this time, Qian Nishang came here precisely for the prescriptions of these three elixirs. Once they can be refined by other alchemists at the same time, they can solve the current urgent need.
"I'll note this down for now, and I'll report it back to you when I get to the county."
After taking the prescription, she couldn't help but smile.
Before coming here, Qian Nichang had heard from the waiter that these three kinds of elixirs could be made almost every half an hour, and the quantity of finished products was quite large.
The key is that the cost is extremely low, only half of the elixir they originally refined, and even the ointment is even cheaper, equivalent to one-fifth of the cost of the original elixir.
Ji Yuan didn't care much about her promise. This kind of elixir was not very precious. If you gave it, you would give it, and you wouldn't feel bad at all.
Anyway, with the Dao Jianzhang, as long as he is willing and spends more time, he can tinker with seven or eight similar elixir recipes.
"Who are these?"
He smiled and looked at the three people he didn't know before calmly.
He could smell a strong alchemy fragrance from the other party's body. He must be the alchemist invited by Ming Xinxuan.
The two young men had kind faces, but for some reason, the old man looked arrogant, with a bit of hostility towards him in his brows.
Hearing this, Qian Nichang immediately introduced them one by one, and at the same time, he also handed the pill formula in his hand directly into the hands of the three of them.
"I also ask the three of you to refine the required elixir according to this elixir recipe from today on."
She was in a good mood at the moment, and her conversation was a little more charming.
The three of them took the prescription and glanced at Ji Yuan, who was smiling, and then turned their eyes to the paper in their hands.
At first they didn't take it seriously, but after reading it over and over, they couldn't help but read it again, and they began to calculate in detail based on the contents of the prescription.
This calculation made even Cui Long, who boasted of his high attainments in alchemy, secretly feel alarmed. It was obvious that they were just ordinary medicinal materials, but when combined with each other, they could produce completely different medicinal effects.
This method is no longer something ordinary alchemists can deduce on their own. I am afraid that only experts above the alchemy master level can do it with their decades of alchemy attainments.
Ji Yuan smiled slightly, and he could clearly see the expressions of several people, and he could even guess what the other person was thinking.
If he relied on himself, he would naturally not be able to achieve this level. Although his alchemy attainments are good, they have not yet reached such a high level.
However, if we use the Tao principles evolved in the Taoist brochures to deduce the elixir prescription, it will naturally not be difficult.
As for the book Dao Jianzhang, it was left behind by the founder of Xuantian Guan. It can be used as a legacy by an immortal figure and left behind for his own inheritance. Naturally, its preciousness is self-evident.
It can be said that Ji Yuan was able to achieve extraordinary attainments in alchemy and talisman making in more than a year, and he also realized the sword intention. In addition to his high talent, he relied on this Taoist Guide.
This book seems to contain all the basic Tao principles in the world. As long as you hold this book, you can immerse yourself in the evolution of the Tao principles in it while you meditate and concentrate.
The elixir deduced from this, although the elixir refined is not high-grade, any alchemist can easily refine it after being familiar with it, but if you calculate it carefully, it will not be fully understood except by the master of alchemy.
"You really gave me a big surprise!"
Qian Nichang glanced at the little Taoist priest beside her, and the smile on her face never disappeared.
Xu Lin, who was originally valued by the head of the county's Mingjian Department because he was known to be able to control the whole government in the future, once said that Ji Yuan's achievements in the future would never be lower than his own, so he just made a desperate move.
But he didn't expect that he would only see some signs after several years, but only a few days later, it would bring such a surprise.
These three seemingly simple prescriptions are enough for Qian Nishang to save nearly half of the cost and have more financial resources to do other things.
After all, although she is one of the three owners of Ming Xinxuan, the Qian family has declined in recent years, leaving her with far less resources than before, and even more constraints.
"If I can break through this time, I will definitely remember this grace!"
Qian Nishang looked solemn. Although she didn't make any promises, the sincerity in her eyes said everything.
Seeing this, Ji Yuan was not polite, nor did he hide his expectant look.
His rule of life is: a thousand words are not worth as much as real money. This chapter has been completed!
